Question Time — Season 11
This was the last series original presenter Robin Day chaired the debating programme, with journalist and broadcaster Peter Sissons taking over when the programme returned after its summer break.
About this season
This was the last series original presenter Robin Day chaired the debating programme, with journalist and broadcaster Peter Sissons taking over when the programme returned after its summer break.
Episodes (37)
1. 12/01/1989
Aired 12 January 1989 • 60 min
2. 19/01/1989
Aired 19 January 1989 • 60 min
3. 26/01/1989
Aired 26 January 1989 • 60 min
4. 02/02/1989
Aired 2 February 1989 • 60 min
5. 09/02/1989
Aired 9 February 1989 • 60 min
Panellists: Ian Aitken, Menzies Campbell, Jane Ewart-Biggs, Douglas Hurd.
6. 16/02/1989
Aired 16 February 1989 • 60 min
7. 23/02/1989
Aired 23 February 1989 • 60 min
8. 02/03/1989
Aired 2 March 1989 • 60 min
9. 09/03/1989
Aired 9 March 1989 • 60 min
10. 16/03/1989
Aired 16 March 1989 • 60 min
Panellists: Robin Cook, Sarah Hogg, Roy Jenkins, John Major.
11. 06/04/1989
Aired 6 April 1989 • 60 min
12. 13/04/1989
Aired 13 April 1989 • 60 min
Panellists: Harriet Harman, Michael Howard, Alan Watkins, and Phil Williams.
13. 20/04/1989
Aired 20 April 1989 • 60 min
14. 27/04/1989
Aired 27 April 1989 • 60 min
15. 04/05/1989
Aired 4 May 1989 • 60 min
16. 11/05/1989
Aired 11 May 1989 • 60 min
17. 18/05/1989
Aired 18 May 1989 • 60 min
18. 25/05/1989
Aired 25 May 1989 • 60 min
19. 01/06/1989
Aired 1 June 1989 • 60 min
Panellists: Tony Benn, Kenneth Clarke, Elizabeth Symons, Shirley Williams.
20. 08/06/1989
Aired 8 June 1989 • 60 min
21. 15/06/1989
Aired 15 June 1989 • 60 min
22. 22/06/1989
Aired 22 June 1989 • 60 min
23. 12/07/1989
Aired 12 July 1989 • 60 min
This episode was Robin Day's final time as the programme's chair. The debate was filmed from Paris and Day was allowed to choose his own guests, who included Conservative politician and lawyer Sir Leon Brittan QC, actress Chantal Cuer, Labour politician Denis Healey, and French politician Yvette Roudy.
24. 14/09/1989
Aired 14 September 1989 • 60 min
After its summer break, Peter Sissons made his debut as Question Time's new Chair. The panel included Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown, Labour MP Roy Hattersley, Green Party activist Sara Parkin, and Conservative MP Nicholas Ridley.
25. 21/09/1989
Aired 21 September 1989 • 60 min
26. 28/09/1989
Aired 28 September 1989 • 60 min
27. 05/10/1989
Aired 5 October 1989 • 60 min
28. 12/10/1989
Aired 12 October 1989 • 60 min
29. 19/10/1989
Aired 19 October 1989 • 60 min
30. 26/10/1989
Aired 26 October 1989 • 60 min
31. 02/11/1989
Aired 2 November 1989 • 60 min
32. 09/11/1989
Aired 9 November 1989 • 60 min
33. 16/11/1989
Aired 16 November 1989 • 60 min
34. 23/11/1989
Aired 23 November 1989 • 60 min
Panellists: Kenneth Baker, Menzies Campbell, Chantal Cuer, Bryan Gould.
35. 30/11/1989
Aired 30 November 1989 • 60 min
36. 07/12/1989
Aired 7 December 1989 • 60 min
37. 14/12/1989
Aired 14 December 1989 • 60 min